VIDEO: State Department Intervenes To Rescue American From Halliburton In Iraq

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Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer

The State Department stepped in and literally “rescued” a 22-year-old woman being held captive by Halliburton in Iraq for 24-hours in a shipping container without food and water after she reported being gang raped in 2005, according to Representative Ted Poe (R-TX), who intervened after being contacted by the victim’s father.

Yet none of the “six or seven perpetrators” has been brought to justice and it is not even clear if an investigation was ever conducted. Attorney Brian Wice surmises that the DoD, State Department, and DoJ have not pursued the case further because they “don’t want this case to see the inside of a United States courtroom.”

Reprentative Poe also believes that the federal government has the obligation to pursue the case and “hold [the perpetrators] accountable.”

MSNBC’s Dan Abram’s coverage is at right. Visit the victim’s Foundation for more information.

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VIDEO: State Department Intervenes To Rescue American From Halliburton In Iraq

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    Dredd said on 12/11/2007 @ 3:14pm PT: [Permalink]

    What a concise metaphor depicting the way the preznit blush regime has gang raped America (they call her “amurka”).

    And Haliburton has moved to the UAE, Dubai, which is also a metaphor for “they are not of US”.

    Prosecute the hell out of them … we want justice for America and the young lady from Texas who is symbolic.

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    Vman said on 12/11/2007 @ 5:17pm PT: [Permalink]

    I’ll be writing my letters to the editor tomorrow. You must write yours too.

    This is an atrocity that must be exposed and detailed as the ultimate example of the Bush Administrations total abuse and destruction of the rule of law, accountability, and morality. Not to mention their approval by negligence and default of the grossest and most horrible forms of human degradation and torture.

    Every straw can add to the undeniable burden on these fat ass camels backs.

    For a really great tool and fun too….go to
    Letter to Editor Tool, compliments of George Bush, enter zip code and submit to find your papers. It works great I use it all the time. Just use an oblique subject.

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    oldturk said on 12/11/2007 @ 6:53pm PT: [Permalink]

    Good Morning, Corporate Main Stream Media
    What got their heads out of the sand ?

    ::::
    ABC News tell the same story,.. young woman raped by Halliburton goons.
    ::::

    The good old boy network hands out a few dividends.

    Gang rape is a macho fascist’s entitlement – so what is the big deal ?

    Was it video taped so Cheney/bush could enjoy the sweaty action and her endlessly painful/degrading experience ? Women are here for the entertainment and enjoyment of men. Just think of it as a – male employee benefit.

    ::::

    Jamie Leigh Jones, now 22, says that after she was raped by multiple men at a KBR camp in the Green Zone, the company put her under guard in a shipping container with a bed and warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she’d be out of a job.

    “Don’t plan on working back in Iraq. There won’t be a position here, and there won’t be a position in Houston,” Jones says she was told.

    Jones told ABC News.com that an examination by Army doctors showed she had been raped “both vaginally and anally,” but that the rape kit disappeared after it was handed over to KBR security officers.

    ABC News Power Point – photo/recap,..

    http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/p...=1&page=1

    ABC News – print recap

    http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/s...02&page=1

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    Ancient said on 12/15/2007 @ 10:16am PT: [Permalink]

    In case you had any doubt where all the post 9/11 legislation would take us…now proven fact — raping and torturing our own now allowed!

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